One day I’d like to write a series of blog posts engaging the intersection of therapy and theology. I’d take as a bouncing-off point this piece by Brad East, which I came across recently. So much to engage with here! A tentative outline of my own potential inquiry:
‘Therapy’ - what is it? How is it evolving?
My own experience of therapy - internal family systems/focusing/‘parts’ work
A theological anthropology of ‘parts’ [or ‘passions’: engage desert lit here] vis a vis IFS theory vis a vis a NT trio of ‘enemies of the soul’ [world/flesh/devil]: overlap and distinctions
Therapy and sin/evil (cf. ‘therapy beyond good and evil’ essay in New Atlantis)
Therapy as metaphor; God as therapist; minister as therapist